Speech on education and future of teaching profession
Clara Olsendorf Forest City hosts Dr. Malcolm Price, president of the Town State Teachers College, who warns that teacher supply is collapsing. He cites 40 to 60 percent drop in teacher college enrollments, 18,000 graduates last year with 20 percent not teaching, and 17,500 teachers leaving for other work since 1943. He urges parental support, healthier schooling, and education as essential to democracy and national economy. He notes emergency certificates and calls for renewed emphasis to prevent a degraded public education system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Olsendorf
Forest City
Est
Malcolm’ Price
Teachers
College
Price
Dr. Price
Carisadand
Great ‘Britain
Churchill
Estherville to Host Thursday Evening Concert and Flag Day Observance
The municipal band will combine a Thursday evening concert with a flag day observance on the platform north of the court house, starting at 8:30 PM. Elks and American Legion sponsor, with Cliff Hedrick as master of ceremonies. Endorsed by patriotic organizations on the platform in uniform colors. Rev. Cecil J. Seamans to deliver the address. Hospitalized Mrs. McKerral had been ill for months. her family, former Estherville residents, moved to California in 1987. She is survived by husband, two daughters Jane and Chelsey Bivens, and her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Eveni Ling
Court House
Elks
Cliff Hedrick
Walter Schultz
Hugh McTavish
George Heyman
Cecil J. Seamans
H. 1
Daniel of
Traer
Grand Theater forms drive plans for war bonds premiere
County bond chairman J. E. Stockdale and Grand Theater manager Jerry Gerbracht unveil plans for the fifth war loan drive. The main event remains the bond premiere with a new push to sell series E F and G bonds by distributing special premiere tickets through issuing agencies. Ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary will run a bond booth in the theater lobby for daily purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Stockdale
Jerry Gerbracht
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Acting Assistant Superintendent Takes Up Duties Here
R B Smith of Amarillo Texas was named acting superintendent at Cedar Rapids division and has begun duties at Rock Island offices effective Monday. Mrs Gat Colea Smith succeeds Ty Dy May Lwho transferred to Ivar Grove in same capacity as assistant superintendent. Other changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Gat Cole
Charles Johnson remembered at Chicago mass
Charles Johnson a former Estherville resident died June 1 in Chicago. A requiem mass at St Thomas Aquinas church featured Monsignor Cunningham. He is survived by two daughters Margaret and Marie. his wife predeceased him. He was known for jovial nature and farm property visits to Estherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Chicago
Charles Johnson
Ainel Cunningham
Chicasgo
Johnson
Estherville
Andrew A
Anna Johnson
Emmet County
Margaret
Marie
WBOE
Estherville War News Covers Service Actions and Furloughs
The notice lists soldiers and relatives connected to Estherville and area towns. It details burials for Mrs Ira Isham, announces missing Private Clarence R Frisbie in the Mediterranean, and records furloughs and transfers for numerous servicemen including Ollie Loeschen, Fenton Rogers, Harmon Veldy, Arthur Irwin, Lyle Strong, John Christensen, James Johnsen, and others. It notes visits by families, travel to training camps, and overseas assignments with Camp Blanding, Drew Field, Las Vegas, Farragut, and Cassino references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Frisbie
Ringsted
War Department
Sen Pfe
Clarence R. Frisbie
Mediterranean
Frisbie
Ireland
Emmet county Fifth War Loan bond quotas announced
Emmet county unveiled its Fifth War Loan quotas totaling 846000 with townships and the city of Estherville listed. Key figures include Es therville city 200000 and several townships such as Dolliver 6000 Armstrong 60000 Ringsted 25000 Centre 85000 High Lake 85000 Denmark 80000 Jack Creek 80000 Iowa Lake 17500 Emmet 617500 Lincoln 25000 Ellsworth 26000 Estherville 17500 Swan Lake 20000 Twelve Mile Lake 17600 Armstrong Grove 30000. Open house meetings begin Monday as solicitors start canvassing. Fortnight campaign begins with Emmet township reporting strong early progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Lake
Emmet
Lincoln
Ellaworth
Estherville
Swan Lake
Mile Lake
Armstrong’ Grove
J. E.stockdale
War Loan Campaign
Emmet Township
FE. G. Weir
Colorful wartime brief hits Milford in May
A fragmented World War II item notes two points in Milford in May and a pilot Lt. Gross surviving with parents and a sister in San Dienas and a brother in service in Texas as the text hints at.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Gross
Ay Isister
San Dienas
Texee
I Benecke Resigns to Lead Palmer State Bank
H O Benecke ends ties with Greig & Co to take over as manager of Palmer State Bank. He assumes duties today while Mrs Benecke and children stay in Estherville until the new school year begins. The family has formed strong ties in Estherville through active involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibenecke
Greig CO
Palmer State Bank
H. O. Benecke
Greig and
Comny
Iew State ,Bank
Ben
Estherville
Dwight Maidment in North African Hospital Unit
Pic Dwight R Maidment son Robert H Maidment of Easterville serves with the 46th General Hospital unit in a North African Medical Center. The center has treated over 6,000 patients since August, including 42 wounded from the Julian front and sick local men. Of those, 30 percent returned to full duty, 28 percent to limited duty, and the rest sent for further U S treatment. The 46th provides specialists for eyes skin and tuberculosis and has developed new lab techniques to hasten recovery. The unit emphasizes rapid ward readiness and continuous patient flow for the best care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic Dwight R. Maidment
Robert H. Maidment
Esterville
jThe
North Africa
Julian Front
United States
Arder
Griffith of Spirit Lake dies in African hospital
Corp. Earnest A Griffith formerly of Spirit Lake died in a hospital in Algiers Africa according to word received by his widow at Spirit Lake He was with a night fighting squadron based in the Mediter ranean Sarranca area Ben Griffith a brother and Mrs Griffiths and a daughter live at Spirit Lake
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest A. Griffith
Spirit Lake
Algiers
Africa
Spiritake
Medi- Sarranca
Ben Griffith
Griffith
Spirit, Lake
Bendixen Takes Over Standard Oil Station
Leonard Bendixen, a well known young man, takes over management of the Standard Super Service at Central Avenue by the river bridge. He has been assistant to Jas Stevens for a year while Stevens keeps the repair shop. Bendixen runs the full service including oiling, lubricating, brake adjustment, and a sing and alt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Bendixen
Central’ Avenue
River Bridge
Jas, Stevens
Stevens
Rock Island
Bendixon
Extensive Branch Summer session enrolls 159 students
Estherville hosts 159 enrollees for Branch Summer school with students from many counties including Emmet, Osceola, Palo Alto and Cherokee. Six out of state students from Minnesota join six and twelve week courses as listed with names and home towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Benton
Buena Vista
Cherokee
Clay
Dickinson
Emmet
Kossuth
Lyon
O. Brien
Osceola
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Pochontas
Sioux
Winnebago
Ocheydan
Brogan
Kate
Brouler
Alice M. Ledyard
Burnside
Irene E. Lake Park
Burt
Dorothy A
Brink Alma E
Calhan
Francis E
Case
Maye
Cody Helen
Fenton
Conway
Florence C. Graettinger
Cox
Eileen E. Ayrshire
Crabb
Viola R. Ruthven
de Boer
Lois L. Alton
DeBuhr
Amanda C. Ellsworth
Minnesota
de. Roose
Naomi R
Sanborn
Long list of Iowa names reads like draft pool roster
A document lists numerous individuals from towns such as Lakota Fonda Emmetsburg Ringsted and Graettinger, reflecting a local-era draft and selective service context. The article notes changes to draft procedures, allowing boards to select volunteers and nonfathers first, and directing boards on induction rules and limited service classifications. The July 1 effective ruling aims to better inform inductees about branch and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Army
Eacy
Selective Service
Masonic Grand Lodge Session Observes 100th Anniversary
I C Nichols of North Star Lodge attends Iowa Grand Lodge sessions in Cedar Rapids with Mrs Nichols. The 100th anniversary is marked with a memorial program honoring members who served in five wars. Headquarters at Roosevelt Hotel. sessions at Memorial Coliseum. 543 lodges and over 69,000 members in the federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Nichols
North Star Lodge
A. F
A. M
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge
Roosevelt Hotel
Memorial Coliseum
Nichols
Selective service to create common pool after July first
Emmet county selectees and others read of a revised draft plan in which inducted men pass physicals and return home. After July 1 they will not be assigned to a service until orders to report for duty are issued, determining whether they join the army or navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet County
Army
Navy
Park View clinic notes and Holy Family hospital births
Hospital notes list multiple births at Park View clinic and patient admissions at Holy Family hospital. Includes a 9 pound 10 ounce newborn at Park View to Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Zinder of Yerrs, plus several accident and major surgery cases, and a long roster of named patients at Holy Family and various towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Zinder
Yerrs
Park View Clinic
Maurice Eveleth
Phyllis Egeland
Estherville
Reynolds Brown
Gayland Heggen
Holy Family Hospital
Donald Krogh
Armstrong
The
H. S. Sands
Alpha
Minn
Wm Thompson
Terril
Kennedy
Media
Rainy 1944 Forecast Darkens Iowa Crop Prospects
Estherville weather observer Mrs. Joe Orvis notes 1944 rainfall totals are near average while spring brings heavy late-season moisture. Through mid June rain fell on most days, drought risks ease for fall crops but spring seeded crops likely yield lower. Corn planting lagged at 64 percent on June 1 with 70 percent of normal growth. oats and rye projections vary, overall 1944 poised as one of the wettest years on record. Official temps show frequent rain traces and showers across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Orvis
Estherville
Towa
Towa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Euaer
Camp Dodge Induction Center to Close July 1
The Seventh Service Command announced Camp Dodge in Des Moines will close July 1. Town inductees will report after that date to Fort Snelling in Minnesota Jefferson Barracks in Missouri or Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Service Command
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Jefferson Barracks
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Briknman Honors: multiple births reported in local families
The notices record a daughter born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Joe Brinkman a son yesterday to Mr and Mrs Harry Christensen and a girl born this afternoon to Mr and Mrs Howard Mitchell Esther Zitterich of Estherville underwent major surgery today at Holy Family hospital in a regional health update
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Brinkman
Harry Christensen
Howard Mitchell
Esther Zitterich
Estherville
Holy Family Hospital
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Afid Legion
Ne “He v McKerral
Grand Theater
ASST
B. B. Boe
Tosdal
South Sixth Street
O.H
Boe
Mr. Rice
Orava Saursday
Yare Hulk
Oak Hill
Ira
Isham
Eatherin
Ollie Loeschen
Yeoman
Arlington Farms
Fred Loeschen
Pfc
Fenton Rogers
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
George Rogers
J.g
Harmon Veldy
Tucson
Ariz
James- A. _ Baldwin
Cpl
Arthur Irwin
Will Irwin
Irwin
Shanks
N.Y
Transportation Corps
Pvt
Lyle Strong
Camp McCain
Miss
Mrs
T. L. Strong
Harold Tiseminger
Camp Roberts
Calif
U. S. Army
John Christensen
Maxwell Field
Alabama
James Johnsen
Seabees
George W. Johnsen
Herschel Hartman
Salina, Kansas
Richard Sorens
J. W. Hartman
Lone Rock
Richard G. Morse
G. H Morse
Camp Blanding
Capt. Morse
Florence Barber
Fort Defiance
Ste
the Waves
Seba
Las Vegas
Nev
J. C. Borreson
Borreson
Army Air Corps
Ensign
Merle Stone
H. A. Stone
Ensign Stone
San Francisco
Mrs. Stone
Mason City
Homer Munson
E M. Munson
General Arnold
General Marshall
Admiral King
Lincoln “Shonkwiler
Farragut
Idaho
Floyd Brandt
Simon Shonkwiler
Douglas
Mac
A. R. Thompson
Red Cross
Italy
Dick Shonkwiler
Cassino
JL. L. Jones
Great Lakes
Dwight Maidment
North African Hospital
Orp
African Hospital
Bendixen Takes
Standard Oil Station
Iowa
Ordne
Lakota
Doyle
Mary L. Thompson
Duhn
Margaret N. Cylinder
Dykstra
Loretta J
Rock Rapids
Edwards
Ruth A
Buffalo
Espeland
Joan A. Rake
Fandel
Marcella M. Whittemore
Fay
Berniece S Milford
Fogde
Mary E. Graettinger
Fylstra
Kathryn E. Sheldon
Geocke
Agnes E
Connerman
June Hartley
Graham
Marjorie M. Ocheyedan
Heng
Ellen H. Cylinder
Heritage
Doris E. Ashton
Hinrichs
Grace Little Rock
Hipple
Harold L
Hite
Mabelle A. Emmetsburg
Horton
Kathryn A
House
Eleanora
Houtsman
Evelyn N. Ocheydan
Huston
Margery Ff. Hartley
Holte
Lizette C. Ringsted
Jansen
Ellen M. Lake Park
Jantzen
Alice I. Sheldon
Tennings
Marjorie L. Mancheseter
Jensen
Carol J
Johnston
Elaine
Jeanette W
Thompson
Just Helen G. Reading
Kallsen
Esther E. Ocheydan
Kenny
Mildred M
Kenyon
Eileen M. Mallard
Kibbee
George T
Kilgore
Marie C
King
Kathee M
McCutchah
Dorthy M.vinton Vinton
McKean
Margola
Peters
Bette F
Worthington
Petersen
Lois J Ringsted
Margarite L
Hospers
Peterson
Phyllis
E Graettinger
Pfeil
Jeff
Masonic Grand Lodge
Frances A. Ashton
Schloeman
Margaret J
Schmidt
Luella M. Everly
Lois 1
Ochevedan
Schooley
Bertha H. Terril
Scott
Mark H
Simpson
Ida Skaare
Gladys A
Buffalo Center
Steen
Lola
E. Ccheyedan
Stoltz
Wilmeta C
Curlew
Strouth
Marie’ E. Ashton
Sunde
Evelyn A
Thietje
Ruth A. Everly
Thim
Anna G. Ruthven
Tremary
Lorene A
Swea
van der Meulen
Geralding Ochevedan
van Drie
Jeanette Cherokee
van Loh
Henrietta Ashton
van Oort
Daloris V. Ashton
Walterman
Doris E. Sibley
Welch
Phyllis MM
Marathon
Westergard
Elaine L. Graettinger
Wichman
Ruth K. Ocheyedan
Winter
Wanda M
Woahn
Normading
M. Emmesburg
Zaugg
Betty E. We- Pend
Zelinsky
Leota M
Leghorn Springs
Cox Cove
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